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January 10, 2007

Harsh on the Guy While Down

Filed under: Basketball,Players — Chas @ 9:09 am

Over at Slam Magazine, one of their writers lists his top-10 which is, well, interesting. He has Pitt at #8

I’ve yet to be proven wrong about the Aaron Gray Actually Sucks Theorem. This should be a tee-shirt.

Some quality wins against Syracuse and South Florida, but I really don’t see it with this team. Uconn and Marquette should do nature’s work with them in the next couple of weeks so we can slide Butler in here some place.

I know that I really enjoy reading and listening to commentary were clueless “edginess” is substituted for thought.

Here’s an AP article on Aaron Gray’s slump.

“I think he’s happy that we’re winning, but we do need to get him more touches,” point guard Levance Fields said. “People are keying on him, and a couple of times we missed him (when he was open), but guys are making shots, making plays.”

Not that Pitt wants to go much longer with Gray being more of a spectator than a participant in their offense.

After the DePaul game, Pitt returns home to play Georgetown and 7-2 center Roy Hibbert and No. 24 Connecticut and 7-3 Hasheem Thabeet in a four-day span, and Gray will need to be at his best

“I don’t think he’ll get frustrated. I haven’t seen it, and I don’t think he’s forced up bad shots at all,” Dixon said. “That would be a reflection of frustration. He’s continued to pass the ball regularly. I think he’s handled it well.”

I’d like to see a little frustration. Or at least a little more push to get to the hoop. Still, the good part is that the team is playing with confidence and the knowledge that they can win games even when Gray is being contained.





I can’t imagine this character has actually seen Marquette or Connecticut play. I have rarely been less impressed than I was watching Connecticut play LSU. Athletic, yes, but a bunch of raw kids who were exposed against a quality team for what they are.

Comment by PittPat 01.10.07 @ 10:47 am

I agree that UCON for the most part are young and raw. I don’t think that Calhoun will get to far with them.

Marquette is actually not as good as last year.

Comment by Kenny 01.10.07 @ 11:21 am

I like what we have done offensively. The only thing I would like to see more of is Cook going to the hoop. Cook can really make things happen on the drive and I think he can make us even better offensively. We have good shooters (Ramon and Graves especially), but some nights shots aren’t going to go down. We have to get Cook in the mindset of taking it to the hole. If we can get him driving and kicking the ball out or going all the way to the rim it will be very difficult to stop us from scoring. I want to see more of this tonight. I imagine Depaul will try to stay with our shooters so the lane will be open for Cook.

Comment by Omar 01.10.07 @ 11:54 am

Levon’s breakout night tonight.

Ryan, you with me on this?

Comment by steve 01.10.07 @ 12:04 pm

Yes I want Cook to go to the hole more but it would also be good and beneficial in the long run if multiple players do it when it is there.

Comment by Kenny 01.10.07 @ 12:35 pm

Gray will be the factor tonight. Ramon and Fields can’t continue to carry this team. Graves can drive as well but he can also get out of cotrol at times. I really like when we have the small backcourt, Fields, Ramon, and Benjamin all in at the same time with Gray and either Young or Kendell.

Comment by Tony In Harrisburg 01.10.07 @ 12:52 pm

Agree about Grave’s drives being out of control at times.

Comment by Kenny 01.10.07 @ 1:22 pm

Ramon and Fields are too short and Ramon is too slow to play together for an extended period of time. Defensively they give up too much, even in a 2-3 zone.

Comment by Omar 01.10.07 @ 1:33 pm

[…] A few weeks ago I noted what seemed to be just instinctive dislike of Gray at Slam magazine. Probably because Slam is a lot more concerned with the flash and style for an NBA thing. At least someone there may be dimly aware of the situation. I’m sorry Aaron Gray. You’re not pedestrian, as we’ve previously stated. You’re slightly better than pedestrian. Extra-pedestrian, if you will. You’re rebounding at an unhealthy clip (10.2 rpg) and Pitt enjoys all the space you take up. And six-for-seven from the field the other night to seal off Villanova? Impressive. […]


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